Mount Martha, Mornington worst hit as more than 100 call for help

The SES has received more than 550 calls for help after intense rain hit Mount Martha and Mornington.

An “enormous amount of flooding” has sparked more than 100 calls for help in an hour on the Mornington Peninsula.

Call for help started rolling in about 4.30am on Monday and within an hour the SES had recorded 104 properties with flooding or building damage.

By 6.27am the number had risen to 150 call-outs.

As of 8am Monday, SES volunteers across the state had received more than 550 calls for help,

including 318 for flooding incidents, 104 for fallen trees, and 44 for building damage.

Volunteers have also been called to help with 38 inland water rescues, including at Mount Martha, where residents experienced severe flash flooding.

“Overnight, heavy rainfall, flash flooding and strong winds at Mount Martha and in Mornington have affected local units, with VICSES Hastings Unit volunteers being the busiest, responding to over 194 calls for help since 6pm (Sunday),” an SES spokesperson said.

Other units kept busy throughout the night include:

• VICSES Sorrento Unit (194)

• VICSES Ballarat Unit (32)

• VICSES Bannockburn Unit (21)

• VICSES Wodonga Unit (21)

And the danger isn’t over yet, with the SES warning more rain is expected over the course of Monday in Wonthaggi, Frankston and Rosebud.

According to Hastings SES requests for assistance were coming “every few seconds” and most were from Mornington and Mount Martha.

“We are getting to as many calls as we can, this is an enormous amount of flooding for our area, please be patient,” a spokesperson said.

The service urged people to leave their house if it became unsafe due to flooding and warned them not to drive through flood water.

If possible those leaving properties should turn off electricity and gas if safe to do so and remember to take phone chargers, medication and pets.

Locals were warned to immediately move indoors.

The most calls for help came from properties between Mornington-Tyabb Road, Mornington and Hearn Road, Mount Martha.

Those hardest hit included a property on Carvey Drive Mount Martha where every room in the house flooded and a unit in Venice Street, Mornington that was inundated after a storm water pit at the rear of the property overflowed.

A woman posted online that she had sewage flowing into her house while another family said a blocked public drain was sending “20 houses worth” of stormwater through their Mount Martha block.

Moderate to Major Flood Warnings remain current for some parts of the state, particularly for communities along the Murray River including Kerang, Echuca, Barham, Barmah, Robinvale and Mildura.